Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, the world's second largest manufacturer of laser printer engines, will exhibit a new line of Professional Series Printers at the Information Technology Education and Exposition (ITEX) show in Las Vegas, February 21 – 22, 2008. As part of Samsung’s commitment to the dealer channel, Samsung will also showcase new partner solutions designed specifically to meet the needs of customers in the BTA channel.
The combination of these different partner solutions creates compelling opportunities for partners to deliver greater customer value and choice. Solutions at this year’s show include MWAi’s Enterprise-class Intelligent Service and Intelligent Assets solution suites, LibertyNet™ Office, Gravic Remark software, and TBS Pay for Print solutions. Key benefits of Samsung’s solutions program include the extended development of integrated solutions tailored to specific industry needs; developed platforms and tools that encompass extended service; and the delivery of consistent and seamless user experience across the wide array of Samsung printer products.
“Samsung is redefining the relationship between partners and solutions,” said Jay Shears, director of office automation, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. “We believe the future is in solution partnerships and the added value they provide giving more combined options and new opportunities for our customers.”
The unique mixture delivers rich solutions that drive new business opportunities, giving customers and dealers more choices and flexibility in how solutions are delivered.
Solutions demonstrated with Samsung MFP’s at ITEX this year include:
Samsung Open Architecture Platform
The new Samsung Open Architecture Platform includes easier integration of Samsung and third party solutions and speed to market. A demonstration of this will include an RSS feed and authentication solution via a proximity card reader.
MWAi’s Enterprise-class Intelligent Service and Intelligent Device Management™ Solution Suites
MWA Intelligence’s leading-edge enterprise-class M2M (machine-to-machine) applications including its Intelligent Service and Intelligent Device Management™ solutions demonstrate Samsung’s commitment to provide value-add service capabilities to its channel partners, by improving response time, increasing situational awareness, and decreasing device and service downtime.
Liberty IMS - LibertyNET™ Office
Samsung’s integration of Liberty IMS’ mid-market application within the portfolio of MFP products showcase quickly deployed customizable solutions that provide capabilities for document imaging, electronic document management and simple workflows. Records management, process automation, enhanced workflow, digital asset management, COLD/ERM, e-forms, e-mail management, collaboration and EDMS-enabling of line-of-business applications are all supported with LibertyNET Enterprise.
Gravic Remark
Tailored for the education market to support automated test grading using OMR (optical mark recognition) technology, the solution allows schools to create their own tests and grading templates and conduct the grading in house. Using a Samsung MFP they can scan in the student’s test sheet and automatically grade the tests using the Remark software. Samsung will be showing how to integrate the Remark solution with their portfolio of MFP products.
TBS Pay for Print Solution
Samsung will be demonstrating TBS’ pay for print solution with its portfolio of printers and MFP’s. These solutions are targeted at markets where public use of printers and MFP’s is prevalent such as libraries, universities, internet cafes, etc.
Samsung’s solutions offer a fast and flexible way to address the unique needs of each customer, providing opportunities to deliver customer value and grow businesses by developing and deploying dependable and reliable solutions. For additional information on Samsung products and programs, visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung Electronics America Printers, Information Technology Division
Samsung’s Information Technology Division (ITD) markets a complete line of award-winning color and monochrome laser printers and is part of Samsung Electronics Corporation, the #2 manufacturer of printers in the world. Samsung’s ownership of its printer manufacturing, development process, and research and design gives the company a significant competitive advantage. Through its printer customer solutions group, Samsung is equipped to deliver superior, differentiated printing technology solutions. Samsung ITD is a definitive leader in the emerging color laser marketplace and poised to capture an increased percentage of the color laser printer market share by 2010. For additional information on Samsung’s printers, visit www.samsung.com or call 1-800-SAMSUNG.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs